How pianist Natalya Aynsley ditched convention to launch a dream career in pop culture music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Natalya Aynsley never graduated from a conservatorium of music. In fact, she stopped studying piano at just 17 years old. It might […]
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Australian video game music is an exciting area of cultural activity – and you should be paying attention
BY DAN GOLDING, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; BRENDAN KEOGH, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AND TAYLOR HARDWICK, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY An enthusiastic, sellout crowd arrived […]
Australian video game composers are getting their moment in the spotlight
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We all love music that tells a story. Whether composed for an opera or ballet, we soak up the passion and tragedy […]
Jason Graves: “People think of scary music whenever they hear my name”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Jason Graves says his name is synonymous with scary music. And with a list of credits to this […]
Tasmanian composer Koh-Dee is cracking the mobile gaming industry
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Mobile gaming is a hot sector of the video games market, accounting for 45 per cent of all video games […]
Could Australia’s Amelia Jones be the new voice of video game and anime?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN A soundtrack must be powerful enough to enhance a narrative, and moving enough manipulate our emotions — whether […]
Do you really think classical music is dying?
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF It takes very little effort to find online opinion pieces bemoaning the apparent “death” of classical music. One need only type a […]